From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:24:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix default pull not to do an unintended Octopus.
Message-ID: <7vachyywrp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <200509271635.12907.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>

Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> writes:

> On Tuesday 27 September 2005 14:54, you wrote:
>> Yes. I'm actually inclined to keep this setup, simply because it is
>>
>>   * easy
>>   * simple
>>   * sufficient in most of the cases
>
> I would almost say: sufficient for all cases.
> The .git/remotes stuff is about providing a shortcut for remote
> repositories and about defaults for this repository.
> I am not really sure this is needed, and this second use of a name
> (additionally to head names) can be confusing.

I suspect you've never played with remote repositories with 47
different heads.